Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonisation among expectant Irish mothers

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-22

  Kieran, E ^b   Matheson, M ^b   Mann, A G ^b   Efstratiou, A A ^b   Butler, K ^b   Gorman, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MASS SCREENING; PENICILLINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031617014     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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